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Hand-kissing is a greeting gesture that indicates courtesy, politeness, respect, admiration, affection or even devotion by one person toward another. A hand-kiss is considered a respectful way for a gentleman to greet a lady. Today, non-ritual hand-kissing is rare and takes place mostly within conservative class or diplomatic contexts.
Person "giving the middle finger". In Western culture, " the finger ", or the middle finger (as in giving someone the (middle) finger, flipping the bird[ 1 ] or flipping someone off) [ 1 ] is an obscene hand gesture. The gesture communicates moderate to extreme contempt, and is roughly equivalent in meaning to "fuck you", "shove it up your ass ...
As a salute, the fingertips touch the brow of the head. As a sign the hand is held at shoulder height. The term "three-finger salute" is also applied in a joking way to the finger. Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down are common gestures of approval or disapproval made by extending the thumb upward or downward.
An MS-13 gang member displays "sign of the horns" gang sign. The "sign of the horns" hand gesture is used in criminal gang subcultures to indicate membership or affiliation with Mara Salvatrucha. The significance is both the resemblance of an inverted "devil horns" to the Latin letter 'M', and in the broader demonic connotation, of fierceness ...
The three-finger salute (Serbian: поздрав са три прста, romanized: pozdrav sa tri prsta); or three fingers, (Serbian: три прста, romanized: tri prsta), commonly known as the Serbian salute (Serbian: српски поздрав, romanized: srpski pozdrav), is a salute which the thumb, index and middle finger are extending.
A hanging hamsa in Tunisia. The hamsa (Arabic: خمسة, romanized: khamsa, lit. 'five', Hebrew: חַמְסָה, referring to images of 'the five fingers of the hand'), [1] [2] [3] also known as the hand of Fatima, [4] is a palm-shaped amulet popular throughout North Africa and in the Middle East and commonly used in jewellery and wall hangings.
The total number of distinct Egyptian hieroglyphs increased over time from several hundred in the Middle Kingdom to several thousand during the Ptolemaic Kingdom.. In 1928/1929 Alan Gardiner published an overview of hieroglyphs, Gardiner's sign list, the basic modern standard.
Shaka sign. The shaka sign, sometimes known as " hang loose " is a gesture with friendly intent often associated with Hawaii and surf culture. It consists of extending the thumb and smallest finger while holding the three middle fingers curled, and gesturing in salutation while presenting the front or back of the hand; the wrist may be rotated ...